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The action in Tom Gilling's wickedly funny, magical novel, The Sooterkin, revolves around the bizarre birth of a child who appears to be more seal than human. As the extraordinary news spreads through the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania) during the winter of 1821,... read more
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- Mr Kidney: Add a description of this character.
- Mr Sculley
- Sarah Dyer
- Ned
- Mrs Jakes
- William Dyer
- Dr Benjamin Banes
- Mrs Humphrey
- Mrs Fitzgerald
- Arthur
- Mrs Slade
- Mr Salter
- Mr Goldfarb
- Mr Bent
- Davey
- Mr Trelawny
- Mr Rayner
- Van Diemen
- Michael Brodie
- Mam
- Pitt Water
- Mr Armstrong
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PARDON THE stench.
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- Tom Gilling (Author)
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